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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide |
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Jan. 2001, 1st Edition
540 pages, Softcover
ISBN: 0-596-00011-1
Published by o'Reilly
List Price: $39.95 US, $58.95 CA, £28.50 UK
Level: All Levels
Type: How-to/Reference
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SSH (Secure Shell) is a popular, robust, TCP/IP-based product for
network security and privacy, supporting strong encryption and authentication.
This book covers Unix, Windows, and Macintosh implementations of SSH.
It shows both system administrators and end users how to install,
maintain, and troubleshoot SSH; configure servers and clients in simple
and complex ways; apply SSH to practical problems; and protect other
TCP applications through forwarding (tunneling).
Book Description
Secure your computer network with SSH! With transparent, strong encryption,
reliable public-key authentication, and a highly configurable client/server
architecture, SSH (Secure Shell) is a popular, robust, TCP/IP-based
solution to many network security and privacy concerns.
It supports secure remote logins, secure file transfer between computers,
and a unique "tunneling" capability that adds encryption to otherwise
insecure network applications. Best of all, SSH is free, with feature-filled
commercial versions available as well. SSH: The Secure Shell:
The Definitive Guide covers the Secure Shell in detail for both system
administrators and end users. It demystifies the SSH man pages and
includes thorough coverage of:
- SSH1, SSH2, and OpenSSH, and F-Secure
- SSH for Unix, plus Windows and Macintosh products: the basics,
the internals, and complex applications.
- Configuring SSH servers and clients, both system-wide and per
user, with recommended settings to maximize security.
- Advanced key management using agents, agent forwarding, and
forced commands.
- Forwarding (tunneling) of TCP and X11 applications in depth,
even in the presence of firewalls and network address translation
(NAT).
- Undocumented behaviors of popular SSH implementations.
- Installing and maintaining SSH systems.
- Troubleshooting a wide variety of common and not-so-common problems.
Whether you're communicating on a small LAN or across the Internet,
SSH can ship your data from "here" to "there" efficiently and securely.
So throw away those insecure .rhosts and hosts.equiv files, move up
to SSH, and make your network a safe place to live and work.
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Pre Review
We found the structure of the book in line with the quality it should
have.
Printing mistakes were not found. The descriptive displays of methodologies
were well set up.
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| Rating Areas |
Rating |
| Quality of Information |
A+ |
| Easiness of understanding |
A |
| Learning success, close to reality |
A |
| Cover Design and Layout |
A |
| Quality for Money value |
A+ |
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Final Review
Yes, this is true SSH. You can really get to grip with the difficulty
of jumping into this so different environment.
A text covering the Secure Shell in detail, for system administrators
and end users communicating on a small local area network or on the
Internet. Dan Barrett and Richard E. Silverman created
an excellent book which includes the coverage of
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- nstalling and maintaining SSH systems,
- advanced key management using agents,
- agent forwarding,
- and forced commands,
- integrating SSH with Kerberos,
- PGP, PAM, and
- other software, and more.
So what can we say about this Softcover edition of a book referencing
and introducing us into the SSH technology? You are a UNIX or Linux
admin and want the best documentation on SSH. You will of course say:
Well, there are many books on ssh. Just go to the next major bookstore.
This is true in some areas of SSH. Like any system everything can
go into detail or stay at a general perspective.
The main problem why online documentation is good and not is that
we tend to look for the fastest explainantion but require the comfort
of reading a book. This is a case of check mate. Why?
Because it can be quite a stupid thing scanning around pages and not
knowing where one is.
This is why you should try to get abook that tends to your needs.
No book can be the 100% solution but if you know what you need you
can get quite a close cut. Best - when you get the book - thebook
that answers all your questions.
Anyway, this book gives a well ordered insight into ssh - giving you
the ability to read topic by topic.
About the Author
Dan Barrett, has been immersed in Internet technology since
1985. Currently a software engineer and vice president at a well-known
financial services company, Dan has also been a heavy metal singer,
Unix system administrator, university lecturer, web designer, and
humorist.
Dan has written several other O'Reilly books, including NetResearch:
Finding Information Online and Bandits on the Information Superhighway,
as well as monthly columns for Compute! and Keyboard Magazine. He
and his family reside in Boston.
Richard E. Silverman first touched a computer as a college
junior in 1986, when he logged into a DEC-20, typed "MM" to send some
mail, and was promptly lost to the world. He eventually resurfaced
and discovered he had a career, which was convenient but somewhat
disorienting, since he hadn't really been looking for one.
Since earning his B.A. in computer science and M.A. in pure mathematics,
Richard has worked in the fields of networking, formal methods in
software development, public-key infrastructure, routing security,
and Unix systems administration. Outside of work, he loves to read,
study languages and mathematics, sing, dance, and exercise.
German Comments:
Endlich mal ein Buch komplett über die SSH. SSH ist eine robuste,
TCP/IP-basierte Lösung für zahlreiche Fragen der Netzwerksicherheit.
Es gibt viele Bücher, die sich mit dem einen oder anderen Aspekt
von Netzwerk-Thematiken insbesondere SSH Security auseinander setzen
aber keines erfasst die wissenschaftlich fundierten Dimensionen und
gibt umfassende Hintergrundinformation zur Thematik.
Dieses Handbuch erläutert umfassend Konzepte, Konfiguration und
Administration der verschiedenen SSH-Server und -Clients. Es gibt
ja dabei immer noch genug Sachen zu beachten, sei es den root-User
wie beim telnet gehabt auch über die SSH auszusperren, die rhosts
Files zu ersetzen.
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Result |
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This book is a great help for the guy needing help with ssh!
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Review done by: Gerd
Schuster & Christian Bartsch, Consultants |
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